US Figure Skating blasts delay in awarding of Beijing medals

By DAVE SKRETTA
AP Sports Writer

U.S. Figure Skating has had enough with the delays over the awarding of team medals from the Beijing Olympics. It says in a strongly worded statement Thursday that it’s time for “a fair and appropriate ruling to rightfully award medals to all clean sport athletes affected by this situation.” The Russian team won gold, but a positive doping test returned by Kamila Valieva has led to a lengthy and controversial investigation with no resolution nearly a year later. If the Russians were to be stripped of their medal, the U.S. would move from silver to gold. Japan would then be given silver and Canada the bronze.